The coordinates given by Chinese state media, citing the China Manned Space Engineering Office, put the point of impact in the ocean, west of the Maldives archipelago. "It is clear that China is failing to meet responsible standards regarding their space debris." Since large chunks of the NASA space station Skylab fell from orbit in July 1979 and landed in Australia, most countries have sought to avoid such uncontrolled re-entries through their spacecraft design, McDowell said. "It makes the Chinese rocket designers look lazy that they didn't address this," said McDowell. The Global Times, a Chinese tabloid, dismissed as "Western hype" concerns the rocket was "out of control" and could cause damage.

Source: Irish Independent May 09, 2021 09:22 UTC